MAYDAY is MIDDAY at North Parade
1st May 2023 @ 11:30 am - 11:30 pm
BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY, May 1st
May Morning is celebrated on MAY 1st every year,
this year it’s bank holiday MONDAY.
MAY DAY CELEBRATIONS at Oxford (5.30am for 6am).
MAY DAY is MIDDAY at North Parade (from 12pm).
we celebrate with music and dancing in the street from MIDDAY.
The origins of the folk traditions of May Day
May Morning in Oxford is a traditional celebration of the coming of Spring and brings together Oxford’s communities to enjoy dancing, singing and revelry from around the city.
The celebrations start at 6am with the choristers of Magdalen College choir singing
from the Great Tower. Hymnus Eucharisticus was composed in the 17th century by a Fellow of Magdalen and has been sung every year from the Great Tower on May Morning.
This will be followed by the bells ringing out over the city for approximately 20 minutes.
May Morning events and activities will take place across the city including Morris sides dancing in Radcliffe Square, Catte Street, Queens Lane and Broad Street and many more.
Many bars and restaurants across the city will be open for breakfasts including eateries in the city centre and East Oxford.
For more information about events taking place across Oxford on May Morning, please visit the Oxford City Council pages.
On the OPEN MORRIS website their is a link to a video that shows Morris sides throughout the realm celebrate May Day, watch it HERE
How many different styles of Morris Traditional Dancing are there?
Wikipedia offer the following, and a page about May Day at Oxford.
